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This past winter, I embarked on a crazy ambitious project. I need to do big projects every once in a while – wild, one off projects keep my creativity going when products for sale get repetitive. It keeps me from burning out when things get busy and makes me stretch my skills. This year, I … Continue reading →

I mentioned in a previous post that I’ve been trying my hand at leather work lately. I admit it – I originally learned to work with leather at summer camp when I was a kid. Still, I remembered having a knack for it back then, and I remembered my basics of how to stamp and … Continue reading →

In using books to display my latest book jewelry, I started taking some old books and making book safes out of them. The original idea was to use these as display pieces: put some of my salvaged book jewelry in hollowed out old books. Then I’m really using everything – the pages for my jewelry, … Continue reading →

I love making jewelry from old game pieces. But in buying games from thrift stores, yard sales, and other such places, I not only end up with games pieces I can use, I end up with neat cards, boards, boxes, and all those other game pieces. I use paper game money to write my thank … Continue reading →

I love to multitask. Any given day in my craft room, I might be working on two to three projects at once. Some of this is to break up muscle strain of repetitive work. Some of this is because of the amount of time certain projects take to dry. But mostly, I just like that … Continue reading →

In two weeks, Artomatic begins in Crystal City! I am so exciting. I am also paying the price for my usual procrastinating. In the time since I last posted on this blog, I’ve gotten my space (4th floor, section 7), painted, installed lights… and completed three pieces I want to hang. I’m working on a … Continue reading →

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